Un-expanding(?) a file

[Mike Schwartz-PC Support & Services]

> He is running his business on vers. 4.8. He has a file containing both key
> and data segments (very old program) and about 7000 records. It appears
> that the
> file has acquired about 7000 blank records possibly via Expand Files(?).
> As a
> result new records are often numbered 14000+. He doesn't want this to be
> happening (it's not a functional problem - he simply doesn't like it like
> that) so
> he manually moves any such new records down to the 7000 range. He has
> gotten

	If he doesn't mind the extra 7000 blank records sitting in the file,
but merely wants to have all the new records inserted in lower record
numbers, all he has to do is to run the "freechain" option on the file.
After he runs the freechain process, the new records he is adding will go
into the lowest available record slots.

	If you let us know what operating system he is running we can give
you more specific instructions about how to do this.

Mike Schwartz